ENCORE ENTERPRISES CIO

Registered charity 1204824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENCORE ENTERPRISES CIC

- Music, arts and wellbeing lessons and activities to schools across Herefordshire.- Music, arts and wellbeing activities for children and young people outside of school e.g. bands, orchestras, popular music groups.- Music, arts and wellbeing activities for adults e.g. choirs and music groups.- Training/CPD for school and freelance artists.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) IN RELATION TO MUSIC AND THE ARTS; 3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE, PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY), BY PROMOTING, FACILITATING AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO CULTURAL SERVICES, PERFORMANCES OF MUSIC, PARTICIPATION IN MUSICAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY MUSIC EVENTS AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER MEANS OF PERFORMANCE AND STUDY FOR SUCH PURPOSES; AND3.1.3 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity sustained a net expenditure deficit of £114,538 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £597,011 to £482,473. The trustees confirm that the financial position at year-end was satisfactory and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “We are extremely grateful to our grant funders for supporting our work. They include: Arts Council England” (source page)

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE REVD PREBENDARY CARL NORMAN HARRY ATTWOOD BA, MAchair
• Camron King
• Daniel Gordan Jackson Capps
• Estelle van Warmelo · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP CHAPMAN
• Peter Michael Grove
• Richard Glasspoole · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sheila Thackwray
• Stewart Paul Debenham

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS.

• CHILDREN'S MUSIC MATTERS income £321k
• TEEN ENTERPRISE UK income £47k
• NORTHERN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £695k
• ABUNDANCE ARTS income £68k
• O/MODERNT FOUNDATION income £456k
• LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY LIMITED income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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